Sarah Snook to Star in THE BIRDS Limited Series

Alfred Hitchcock's classic "The Birds" is getting the small screen treatment. The horror film, loosely based on Daphne du Maurier's short story, will be remade into a limited series that will star Emmy winner Sarah Snook ("Succession", "All Her Fault"). The adaptation is penned by Tom Spezialy ("The Leftovers", "Watchmen"). The miniseries hails from Universal International Studios and Heyday Television. "The Birds" had been in development at UIS for over a year.

The series has been described as a visceral, present-day reimagining of Hitchcock's classic set in Spezialy's home state of Alaska with a murder mystery at the center and new characters. It introduces traveling magistrate Myra Massey (Snook) as she returns to her isolated Alaskan hometown for a routine presumptive death hearing, expecting a simple cold case. Instead, she finds her childhood friend's bullet-ridden body. When Myra is forced to step outside her role as judge to untangle the mystery, nature itself turns hostile with a wave of bird attacks. Now, Myra isn't just trying to close a case, she's fighting to survive in a place where death lurks in both the shadows and the skies.

Executive producers include Spezialy, Snook, Heyman via Heyday TV and Jennifer Gabler Rawlings of Omni Artists. Sue Gibbs, Head of Development at Heyday Television, had this to say: "We're going back to the source material, the Daphne du Maurier novella and using that as inspiration. And at its heart, it's looking at when nature turns on you. Obviously, with climate change that is very timely".

Throughout the years there have been several attempts to remake "The Birds", including a 2007 movie directed by Martin Campbell ("GoldenEye", "Casino Royale") and starring Naomi Watts, and a 2017 BBC series that would have been a more faithful adaptation of Maurier's novella.

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New on DVD & Blu-ray: MY COUSIN RACHEL Starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin

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Product Description: Passion overtakes reason in this dark and layered romance – based on Daphne du Maurier's classic novel – starring Oscar Winner Rachel Weisz. Believing his mysterious, beautiful cousin Rachel (Weisz) murdered the man who raised him, Philip (Sam Claflin), a young Englishman, plots revenge against her. But, despite evidence that Rachel might be a killer, Philip finds himself falling deeply in love with her in this visually stunning, tension-laced film.

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"My Cousin Rachel" is a new adaptation of the 1951 novel of the same name written by Daphne du Maurier, and the first big screen adaptation since the 1952 film starring Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland.

Written and directed by Roger Michell ("Notting Hill"), the film tells the story of a young Englishman (Sam Claflin) who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin (Rachel Weisz), believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

The cast also includes Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen, Poppy Lee Friar and Andrew Havill.

"My Cousin Rachel" opened in select theaters in the U.S., and in the U.K. on June 9th, 2017. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

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